CostGrade
F

1/100

#2,608 nationally

Good Samaritan Hospital

2425 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA 95124 · (408) 559-2011

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Good Samaritan Hospital billed $15.28 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
15.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
146
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CA
#231
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 0.0/35

Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 0.7/25

Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 0.0/30

Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.2/10

Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

530 $281,463 $21,925 +331%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

266 $130,313 $5,708 +530%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

257 $96,714 $3,819 +398%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

198 $198,880 $15,165 +358%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

196 $293,615 $18,234 +370%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

192 $134,646 $8,091 +284%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

149 $736,670 $32,935 +455%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

148 $33,693 $2,283 +234%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

148 $118,763 $4,574 +371%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

108 $242,303 $18,253 +340%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$97,947 $3,282 +733%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$154,831 $5,393 +608%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$492,795 $25,958 +546%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$155,924 $7,197 +543%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$130,313 $5,708 +530%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$513,187 $24,635 +518%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$139,660 $5,273 +515%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$100,283 $3,743 +505%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay

$152,346 $15,849 +97%
Coagulation Disorders

MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay

$154,053 $17,591 +130%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$228,801 $22,289 +192%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$144,964 $15,334 +203%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay

$347,071 $28,149 +209%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$464,853 $46,171 +213%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay

$173,176 $9,981 +213%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$182,105 $15,853 +217%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
  • Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.